Dude Time: King of the Neighborhood

I'm having so much fun as part of the Dude Time Doodles Design Team! I still kinda have to pinch myself! I wanted to make a simple card for the Sexton of the church across the street, who also tends our lawn & keeps me up-to-date on the neighborhood gossip, and the proud Leif Blower from DTD/Bonibleaux Designs seemed a perfect fit. I paired it with this fun sentiment from Create with TLC.

Inspiration:

• Card Positioning Systems: Sketch #251
• Samuel Taylor's January Blog Challenge: Distressing
  I distressed the all pieces with Antique Linen distress ink. Their prize this month is 4 bottles of Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Tea Dye, Weathered Wood, Pine Needles and Worn Lipstick. Oh how I'd love to add those to my collection!

You have until this afternoon to submit to the Dude Time Doodles Freebie challenge, and a new  challenge will be posted tomorrow (Wednesday) on the Dude Time Doodles Challenge Blog. Trust me, you won't want to miss this one!

Simply Merry

Here's a quick Christmas card I whipped out the other night.

Inspiration:

Fetch-a-Sketch Challenge #11

Samuel Taylor's November Challenge: Christmas Card

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C114: Black + White + WOW

Dem bones, dem bones gonna shake around

I remember when I first started surfing the craftosphere and people were referring to stamping as an "addiction"...boy do I get it now! I never have enough, apparently. I love to treat myself to the $1 bin at the crafting superstore, and I just had to have the set of these adorable Halloween stamps. They're such a fun mix of American Halloween & Day of the Dead. They are just the right size to make a scene, and fit perfectly in my Shake It lids. My first attempt was made for the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #3: Pretty Spooky

Cupcake Craft Challenge #163: Halloween

Samuel Taylor October Challenge: Halloween

Stamps: Studio g

Paper: Recollections, Echo Park, stash

Tools: Fiskars papercutter, stamp block, MS detailing scissors, Marvy heat tool, needle, awl, Recollections punch

Other: ZipDry glue, Recollections adhesive rhinestones, pop-up foam & micro beads, Versamark, Tim Holtz & Memento inks, Copics, Sakura & Elmer's gel pens, Studio g & Sweet Petites ribbons, baker's twine from stash, Shake It set from Impression Obsession, Stampendous, Recollections & Speedy the Cat (from Mark's Finest Papers) embossing powders